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TITLE: Union / Strong, N.Y.
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Strong--Union (F size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-07635 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZC4-2713 (color film copy transparency)
SUMMARY: An extremely large, color campaign poster for Democratic nominee Zachary Taylor. The victorious Mexican War general is shown mounted on a white charger. He holds a wide-brimmed straw hat. Above his head, in a burst of light, a dove descends with an olive branch. A landscape with mountains appears in the background. The scene is flanked by two columns entwined with banners bearing the names of Taylor's victories: Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma on the left, and Monterey and Buena Vista on the right. On the base of the columns are the words "Justice" (left) and "Peace" (right), with corresponding female figures atop them. Both figures hold American flags that are draped across the top of the surrounding framework of the picture. On the ground below is a bundled fasces inscribed "Union."
MEDIUM: 1 print on wove paper : woodcut printed in five colors ; image 108.4 x 84 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: New York : Ackerman, 101 Nassau St., c1848.
CREATOR:
NOTES:
Title from print.
"Entered ... 1848 by James Ackerman ..."
The Library's impression is printed in blue, yellow, brown, red, and black and was deposited for copyright on August 23, 1848. DLC
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1848-12.
Exhibited: Presidential Inaugurations, Library of Congress, 2004.
TOPICS:
Buena Vista, Battle of.
Fasces (symbol).
Flag of the United States (prominently featured).
Justice (personified).
Mexico, U.S. war with.
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
Palo Alto (Mexico), Battle of.
Peace (personified).
Resaca de la Palma, Battle of.
Taylor, Zachary, as presidential candidate.
FORMAT:
Portrait prints 1840-1850.
Woodcuts 1840-1850.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 07635 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07635
(color film copy transparency) cph 3g02713 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02713
CONTROL #: 2003690755
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